Egran Petrosian leads Section One and begins making changes while Operations is badly hurt because of an assassination attempt . Petrosian wants Nikita to be his second in command and this endangers Madeline's status quo.
A disgruntled operative, Kronen, shoots Operations and nearly kills him. Egran Petrosian, Operations' temporary replacement, wants Nikita as his second-in-command. Nikita accepts the promotion, but neither Nikita nor Michael trusts Petrosian.—Anonymous